Depend­ing on your type of hair loss, treat­ments are avail­able. If a med­i­cine is caus­ing your hair loss, your�primary care physician�may be able to pre­scribe a dif­fer­ent med­i­cine. Rec­og­niz­ing and treat­ing an infec­tion may help stop the hair loss. Cor­rect­ing a hor­mone imbal­ance may pre­vent fur­ther hair loss.

Med­ica­tions may also help slow or pre­vent the devel­op­ment of com­mon bald­ness. One med­i­cine, minox­i­dil (brand name: Rogaine), is avail­able with­out a pre­scrip­tion. It is applied to the scalp. Both men and women can use it. Another med­i­cine, finas­teride (brand name: Prope­cia) is avail­able with a pre­scrip­tion. It comes in pills and is only for men. It may take up to 6 months before you can tell if one of these med­i­cines is working.

At Bev­erly Hills Hair Restora­tion, Dr. Kahen will obtain med­ical his­tory, per­form scalp analy­sis and HairDX hair loss genetic test­ing if necessary�to detect var­i­ous con­di­tions which cause hair loss.� These steps are nec­es­sary in female hair loss before per­form­ing sur­gi­cal treat­ments such as hair transplant.